New Zealand Lectionary 2024
A digital copy of the Lectionary booklet and reflection on this.
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A digital copy of the Lectionary booklet and reflection on this.
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Drawing resources from the early church, Roman Catholics and Anglicans began abandoning common prayer in the 1960s and started giving options within the authorised liturgy.
A Second Eucharistic Prayer Read More »
Currently, Covid has put paid to the chalice at Communion.
And, I’m sorry, this article is not going to solve the issue – but it may help outline some of the problems, some of the suggested solutions, and problems with some of the solutions. It may help people, at least, to see that this is not straightforward.
You and I might both use the words “common prayer” and mean something significantly different by that.
What is Common Prayer? Read More »
Coronavirus has rapidly moved the discussion from how to receive communion to receiving communion in one kind and to stopping services altogether.
Church and Coronavirus 2 Read More »
THE HANDS when not engaged should be held joined palm to palm before, but not resting against, the breast; the fingers extended and close together, pointing slightly upwards; right thumb over left; elbows touching the sides of the body. (Ritual Notes, 9th Edition, 1946) There was a discussion about hands and crossing thumbs on the
I was delighted to receive an enthusiastic response from Bishop Patrick Dunn to my hope that Anglicans and Roman Catholics (and others interested) work together to produce English language translations that can, as much as possible, be used by anyone in those denominations. Let us pray that this gets some real traction. In this post,
Eucharistic Prayers in Common (Part 1) Read More »
I was asked to write an article for the quarterly NZ RC magazine “Liturgy”. This was published in the December 2016 edition. This is a publication of the Liturgy Centre. You can subscribe to the magazine by contacting Tina Coll tinac [AT] cda [DOT] org [DOT] nz . I am grateful for their permission to
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I have discovered yet another prayer that is shared across denominations. This coming Sunday, Trinity Sunday, replaces the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Next week is the 8th Week in Ordinary Time. For that week Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and others use an ancient prayer which I have rendered as: Let us pray (in silence) [that
Yet Another Prayer in Common Read More »
This coming Sunday (11 October), Roman Catholics and Anglicans/Episcopalians again share a common collect. I am working on producing a full set of shared collects for the church year. My work so far can be found here: Book of Prayers in Common. My rendering for this coming Sunday and the week following is: Let us
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